Baku
Baku is Azerbaijan's Caspian Sea capital, its circuit a street track that runs straight through the medieval walls of the Old City. Flame Towers and Soviet-era boulevards sit a few corners away from 12th-century caravanserais. It's one of F1's fastest circuits by top speed, despite threading some of its tightest street-circuit corners.
Sporting events in Baku
Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2027
24 September – 26 September 2027
Worth reading
The Rookie Title Lost in a Gravel Trap
Lewis Hamilton led the 2007 championship by 12 points heading into Shanghai. A tyre call gone wrong put him in the gravel trap at the pit entry, and his rookie title bid unraveled from there.
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The Circuit Built in 18 Months, and the Lap Record That Still Hasn't Fallen
Shanghai International Circuit was marshland in April 2003 and a finished F1 venue by September 2004. Michael Schumacher's fastest lap from that first race, set from the pit lane, still hasn't been beaten.
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